I was close to hell – Prince Eke narrates ordeal at kidnappers’ den

Nollywood actor, Prince Eke, has narrated his ordeal in the den of his abductors.

It would be recalled that the actor who was returning from a movie location in Asaba December 5, was kidnapped on the Owerri-Port Harcourt road and his abductors had reportedly demanded a ransom of N15 million or the actor would be buried alive.
Earlier this week, the actor and his wife, Nollywood actress, Muma G celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary and Prince Eke said he was exceptionally happy not only because of the anniversary but because he was released by his abductors who kidnapped him some days ago. In a chat with The Punch after his release recently, the actor said he was grateful to God who saved him from the daredevil kidnappers.
Meanwhile, after the news broke about his kidnap, some online commentators felt it was a publicity stunt. When asked, Prince Eke, said that he would never fake such an incident.
The actor said, “I do not blame people that said my kidnap was a publicity stunt. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I do not wish anyone to go through what I went through. We celebrities have many ways of being relevant but I cannot go through such length just to be in the news. Those that say that my kidnap was stage-managed, I leave them to their opinion. I thank my wife and my brothers and sister for their tremendous help that got me out.”
Narrating his ordeal, he said, “I was returning from Asaba where I went for a movie shoot and I was ambushed. Three guys just jumped out of the bush brandishing AK47 in their hands. They began to shoot sporadically and I tried to reverse but I saw two men with guns behind my car. From there, they took me into a forest at gun point. I never got out of that forest until the day I was released. “There was a day I tried to escape but I was recaptured. I was abducted on a Saturday and as at Monday, my abductors had not allowed me to talk to my wife. A lot of things went through my mind because based on what I have heard about kidnapping, the kidnappers usually call the family of their victim to demand for ransom. In my case these men were silent and whenever they spoke, it was in a low tone so that I wouldn’t hear them. I thought I would be assassinated so I decided to take my chances. I told the kidnappers that the chain they bound me with was too tight and it was inflicting injury on me. One of them was ordered to loosen it for me and as he unlocked the padlock used to chain me, I pushed him off and ran into the bush. That was when I realised the forest was so big and because it was late in the night, I had to climb a tree. While I was running, the kidnappers shot at me. It is by the grace of God that I am alive because they shot at me with a pump action gun. That gun does not just release bullets; it fires pellets as well which could harm someone. I was close to hell.





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